IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HOOD
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961OR027003
  • User Pedon ID: S1961OR027003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0856
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33915
  • Print Date: 4/3/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 45.6508331
  • Std. Longitude: -121.5441666
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, SE 1/4, SE 1/4, 180 feet west and 360 feet north of section corner
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR027—Hood River
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR629—Hood River County Area, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. H. Grant, G. Green, R. W. Mayko, G. Simonson, and P. R. Smith
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - HOOD
  • PSC - 46 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - HOOD
  • Classificaton Date - 10/25/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/25/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: HR 11-22
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
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    AP—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam, silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06466
    A3—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam, silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak medium platy, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06467
    B1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; 17 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06468
    B21—46 to 81 centimeters (18.1 to 31.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; well rounded quartzite fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06469. slightly brittle; pebble is 1 and 1/2 inches in diameter at about 24 inches
    B22X—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and 3 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06470. slightly brittle; 1 to 5 mm. stains; light brownish gray coatings of clear sand grains in few places on prisms
    B31X—102 to 145 centimeters (40.2 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) iron concretions and 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06471. slightly brittle; manganese 1 to 4 mm.; few spots of light brownish gray, clear sand grains on prisms
    B32X—145 to 183 centimeters (57.1 to 72.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; 22 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 1 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06472. slightly brittle fragipan; stains 1 to 4 mm.; thick coatings of light brownish gray clear sand grains on some prisms
    C—183 to 246 centimeters (72.0 to 96.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A06473. few 1 to 5 mm. spots of grayish brown clear sand grains; some mica flakes